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Friday, April 28, 2017

Tamil and Muslim groups in the North-East have staged a hartal, with the
majority of businesses in towns of the region closed in protest at
continuing grievances.

Towns such as Batticaloa, Jaffna, Vavuniya, Mannar, Kilinochchi and
Trincomalee saw businesses and some public services cease operations for
the day in support of ongoing protests in the North-East on land
issues, the disappeared and graduate unemployment.

Families of the disappeared staged a sit-in, blocking the A9 road in Kilinochchi on the 67th day of their protest.

The hartal is backed by all major Tamil and Muslim parties and civil
society organisations from across the majority Tamil-speaking region,
including the Tamil National Alliance, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress,
the All Ceylon Makkal Congress and the Tamil National People's Front.